Yatri Niwas, a low-budget hotel for Pahalgam tourists

Keen to promote a tourism-friendly environment for students, the Jammu and Kashmir tourism department has opened 'Yatri Niwas', a budget hotel in Pahalgam.

PAHALGAM (SRINAGAR): Keen to promote a tourism-friendly environment for students, the Jammu and Kashmir tourism department has opened 'Yatri Niwas', a budget hotel in Pahalgam.

State Tourism Minister Muhammad Dilawar Mir, who inaugurated the hotel recently, said students and educational institutions would given a concession of 50 per cent on the accommodation front.

A low-budget hotel will provide accommodation to tourists at a tariff of Rs 300, while for students, it will be Rs 150, Mir said.

The 50-room budget hotel has been constructed at a cost of Rs 820 million and can accommodate upto 1400 people.

Until now tourists had to stay out in the open, or in tented accommodations in very cold temperatures.

"It is a very good place for tourists with low budgets," said Abdul Aziz Wani, Managing Director of the Jammu and Kashmir Tourism Development Corporation.
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